On Wednesday, April 25, the study associations AKT and Hucbald, and the student-advisor of MCW department, Ivana Cerovecki, hosted the first departmental event about stress and the pressure to perform. As Ivana Cerovecki and Sanne Sprenger – Coordinator of Internships, Alumni Relations & Labour Market – noticed an increasing number of students suffer from depression,…

This blog post has been written by Paul Schmidt. Find the original piece on his website. The small hand-held device Limenia picks up electromagnetic radiation from the surrounding and turns it into sound. In transposing this “electrosphere” into the spectrum of human perception, the device serves as an interface, allowing us to undertake speculations about…

On the 6th of November, 2017, Co.Laborations, HKU and Maanzaad.nl organized a debate about community art in public space. The central question this afternoon was as follows: How can community art contribute to the creation of an inclusive city (Utrecht in this case)? Those who visited came from different backgrounds – artists, policy makers, and…

On the 29th of September, 2017, Co.Laborations supported a masterclass given by prof. Janet Murray, organized by Michiel de Lange and Nanna Verhoeff in cooperation with the Research School for Media Studies (RMeS), and the Netherlands Filmfestival (NFF). Below you can find a detailed report, written by Francine van Beusekom. Report event “Making Interactive Narrative”…

Koen Leurs, Domitilla Olivieri and Michiel de Lange organized a Lecture and Screening with media artist Tabita Rezaire on Oct. 5 2017 in Parnassos Utrecht. The session is titled Decolonial trinity: technologies of the spiritual, erotic and politics. Tabita Rezaire introduced and discussed her video work for an hour, followed by a 30 minute Q&A session.   About Tabita…

We made a nice video report of our event on 30 June 2017: Co.Lab Carrousel – video report on Vimeo. Alternatively, click on the image below to watch/download the video:

Workshop organizer  Floris Schuiling reports on this event: Music exists by virtue of social interaction through technological mediation. When you hear music, you hear not just the sound of musical structures, but the sound of human beings’ social and creative interaction. The string quartet has been emblematic of this idea; often described as a conversation, string…

On 9 June 2017 Co.Laborations supported a public lecture organized by Karin van Es & Koen Leurs, about data and discrimination with Seeta Peña Gangadharan and Rathenau Institute. Below the report by Gerwin van Schie. On June 9, 2017, Dr. Karin van Es (Datafied Society Research Hub) and Dr. Koen Leurs (Doing Gender lecture series, Netherlands Research School

Written by Guido Jansen – part 3 of a series of blogposts Whether they use gaming as an inspiration, or they work with games hands on, theatre-makers are developing ‘new forms’ of engagement in the theatre space (and outside). Rimini Protokoll is a performance collective that has been doing just this. On November 10 and 11 2016…

Written by Guido Jansen – part 2 of a series of blogposts Whether they use gaming as an inspiration, or they work with games hands on, theatre-makers are developing ‘new forms’ of engagement in the theatre space (and outside). Rimini Protokoll is a performance collective that has been doing just this. On November 10 and 11 2016…